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What people just don’t get about electric vehicles

Fri, 2017-07-14 13:38
Germany's election campaign shows we still have to get our heads around how fundamentally different electric vehicles will be.
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How did Australia get this stupid about clean energy?

Fri, 2017-07-14 13:17
Australia's public debate around clean energy plumbs new depths, with rebooted attacks on wind and solar, new attacks on battery storage and vehicle emission standards, and targeted attacks on key individuals. How did Australia get this stupid? And this ugly?
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True Value Solar announces new managing director

Fri, 2017-07-14 12:10
One of Australia’s largest independent residential solar installers announces the appointment of former Conergy executive David McCallum as managing director.
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CEFC tips $150m into logistics park, to slash truck freight emissions

Fri, 2017-07-14 11:20
CEFC backs landmark NSW project to slash freight transport emissions by shifting containers from road to rail, and powering operations with renewable energy.
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Broadcaster Alan Jones launches ugly attack on AEMO’s Zibelman

Fri, 2017-07-14 08:29
Energy debate gets nasty as Broadcaster Alan Jones says AEMO boss Audrey Zibelman is a "global warming hoax alarmist", a "promoter of wind turbines" and should be "run out of town."
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Vehicle emissions standards: Why Australia needs them, and why they’re NOT a carbon tax

Thu, 2017-07-13 14:29
Light vehicle emissions standards is good public policy that will deliver savings for motorists and cut Australia’s carbon emissions. No Elvis comeback required.
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Another 1GW solar pipeline flagged, with eye to Australian coal hubs

Thu, 2017-07-13 14:18
German Wirsol Energy partners with Australian Renew Estate to announce 1GW+ solar pipeline, including battery ready projects.
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Al Gore launches Vic renewables plan

Thu, 2017-07-13 14:13
The Andrews Labor Government has released Victoria's Renewable Energy Action Plan, backed by $146 million in funding to deliver more renewable, affordable and reliable energy for Victoria.
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Cutting Edge grid controls could kill need for coal

Thu, 2017-07-13 12:47
One of the fiercest defenders of brown coal generators now says they can be replaced with wide adoption of voltage regulation technologies that can make there grid more efficient.
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Finkel: Let’s not be railroaded into a bad deal on clean energy

Thu, 2017-07-13 11:55
It is particularly important that State and Federal Energy Ministers, meeting tomorrow, do not lock in poor climate change and energy outcomes.
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Clouds over America’s Sunshine State

Thu, 2017-07-13 11:26
Florida power utilities are are trying to stymie rooftop solar. Tea Party conservatives are trying to save it.
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Canergie’s Grant funding update on wave, microgrid projects

Thu, 2017-07-13 11:25
Over the past weeks, Carnegie received approximately $850,000 of grant funding from ARENA and the European Regional Development Fund.
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States threaten to go it alone on clean energy as Coalition loses plot

Thu, 2017-07-13 11:09
States threaten to go it alone on clean energy target as influential Coalition MP warns "people will die" because of renewable energy, and conservatives harden opposition to wind and solar and demand Australia returns to 19th century technologies.
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Clean Energy Award finalists leading change in the energy sector

Thu, 2017-07-13 10:13
A community mini grid in Victoria which helped customers to halve their power bills over summer, an innovative approach to project finance, and electricity billing based on mobile phone plans are some of the finalists announced today in the 2017 Clean Energy Council Awards.
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Unlocking the potential of Australia’s tidal energy

Thu, 2017-07-13 07:22
Australia’s tidal energy resource will be mapped in unprecedented detail in a new study funded by the Commonwealth Government through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
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Musk bags first Model 3, as Australia implodes over car emission standards

Wed, 2017-07-12 15:27
As Tesla prepares to deliver its potentially game-changing mass market EV, Australia goes into meltdown about the very idea of improving vehicle efficiency.
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Australia needs to cut electricity sector emissions by 60% by 2030

Wed, 2017-07-12 15:21
Renewables must play key role in ramping up the abatement from the electricity sector in Australia.
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AEMO: Politics needs to catch up with falling cost of wind, solar, storage

Wed, 2017-07-12 15:20
AEMO chief Audrey Zibelman says politics needs to deal with falling cost of wind, solar and batteries, and customer preference around rooftop solar.
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AES, Siemens combine to tackle Tesla, dominate battery storage market

Wed, 2017-07-12 14:52
Two of biggest energy companies in the world join forces to dominate global battery storage market, at least at grid scale. Australia is high on their list of targets, with a series of projects that could dwarf Tesla's newly announced project.
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Genex solar/storage project shortlisted for funds from NAIF

Wed, 2017-07-12 14:40
Solar PV and pumped hydro project proposed for abandoned gold mine in north Queensland shortlisted for funding by Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility.
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